Hose-guide.



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(Application ledfFon 2, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. BRITTON, OF BETI-ILEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOSE-GUIDE.

SPIECHSTA'JION forming part 0f Letters Patent N0. 683,434, dated October 1, 1901. Application filed February 2, 1901. Serial Naf/15,714. (No model.)

To tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES A. BRITTON, of Bethlehem, in the county of Northampton and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Guides; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invenl tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hose-guides, and applies particularly to that class employed upon fire-hose carriages.

The invention has for its object the production of a simple and efficient hose-guide which can be mounted to slide from side to side on the hose-carriage as the hose is being wound upon the reel thereof and at the same time flatten the hose, so that it will pack closely on said reel.

A further object is to provide a device for engaging the free end of the hose on the hosereel, whereby the same will be prevented from unreeling while going to are and which can be readily released at any time.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims. p

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my improved hose-guide and its supports. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View on the line 2 2, Figl.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3, Fig. l.`

Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of the catch of the hose-retaining device.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designate two face-plates secured to the hose-carriage in any suitable manner, the outer edges 11 of said face-plates being curved onthe arc of a circle. Arms or members 12 are pivotally supported at 13 in said face-plates, said arms or members being provided with sockets 14 to receive the supporting guide-rod 15 of the hose-guide. From each arm 12, fat an angle thereto, extends a member 16, whichisarranged to be engaged by spring-catches 17, said member being guided by shields 18, secured to the face-plates 10. The arms or members 12 are guided in their pivotal movement by lips or flanges 19, itting over the curved edges of the face-plates.

The hose-guide 2O comprises a frame made up of two sheet-metal end plates 2l, united by a top22. Between said end plates is lcated a hollow casing 23, said casing being secured in position by means of rods or bolts 24, extending through said end plates and longitudinal recesses in said casing. The rod 15, which is preferably square in crosssection, is extended through suitable openings in the end plates 21 and, passing longitudinally through the casing 23, is engaged by friction-rollers 26, mounted in longitudinal offsets of said casing, whereby the hoseguide is supported in position and at the same time left free to slide between the face-plates 10. The outer face ofcasing 23 is convexed to form a suitable bearing for a rotary tubular sleeve 27, upon which the hose rests when being wound upon the reel.

The pressing-roll 28 is located above casing 23, its trunnions 29 being supported in the right-angular depending ends 30 of an arm 31, said ends being extended through slots 32, formed in the end plates 2l. If desired, said ends 30 may be provided with frictionrollers 33. handle 34 and a lug 35, the latter being designed to extend through a slot in the top 22 to be engaged by a hook 36 or the like, wherebythe roll 28 may be held out of contact with the hose, if desired. The ,hose is guided between sleeve 27 and roll 28 by means of guiding-rolls 37, and the guide is readily shifted from side to side by means of handles 3S.

To the lower edges of the end plates 21 are secured chains or the like 39 40, the free end of the former being secured to a catch 41, while the free end of the latter is connected to a tongue 42, having a hook 43 at one end, the other end thereof being provided with a longitudinal slot 44, having Van enlarged portion 45. The catch 41 comprises a plate 46, having a slot to receive tongue 42, a second plate having a recess 47, corresponding to the enlarged slot 45, and a third plate 48, having a bowed portion 49, said plates being united by any suitable means. The catch 41 and tongue 42 are held together by means of a rod or bolt 50, having a toe 51, iitting in the enlargement 45 of slot 44. Said rod or bolt :is passed through a supporting-plate 52 and is normally held in engagement with the The arm 31 is provided with a.

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several parts by a coil-spring 53. Inv practice the free end of the hose H on the reel is engaged and held by chains 39 4Q when united by the catch 41 and tongue 42. The same is released by depressing the button 54 of rod 50, causing the toe 51 to pass through recess 47 into the bowed portion 49, allowing tongue 42 to fall by reason of its slot 44.

The hose-guide is prevented from swinging from side eto side on its supporting-rod while going to a fire or when not in use by means of a hook 55, engaging a staple 5G, secured to each of the end plates 21.

In reeling the hose the guide occupies the position indicated in full lines in the drawings, the hose being guided over the sleeve 27 by the rolls 37 and pressed out flat by the weighted rubber-covered roll 28. As the hose is wound upon the reel from side to side the guide moves along rod 15, always guiding the hose to its proper position. When the hose has all been wound, the guide 2O is swung on its pivotal support into the position shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, and held in this position by means of the upper catch 17. When in this position, the free end of the hose rests upon sleeve 27 and is firmly held in that position, as heretofore set forth, said sleeve serving as a bearing-roll when the hose is unreeled.

From what has been said it will be observed that I have produced a simple and inexpensive hose-guide comprising many advantages in points of utility and durability which will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

I claim as my invention" 1. A hose-guide comprising opposite faceplates, a guiding-rod pivotally mounted between said face-plates, and a guiding device mounted to slide upon said rod, as set forth.

2. A hose-guide comprising opposite faceplates, depending arms or members pivotally supported thereby, a guiding-rod supported by said arms or members, and a guiding device mounted to slide upon said rod, as set forth.

3. A hose-guide comprising opposite faceplates, depending arms or members pivotally y supported thereby, a guiding-rod supported by said arms or members, means for holding said depending arms stationary, and a guiding devi-ce mounted to slide upon said rod, as set forth.

4. A hose-guide comprising opposite face-v plates, depending arms or members pivotally supported thereby and having angular eX- tensions, a guidingrod supported by said arms or members, spring-catches arranged to engage said angular extensions, and a guiding device mounted to slide upon said rod, as set forth.

5. A hose-guide comprising opposite faceplates, depending arms or members pivotally su pported thereby and having guiding lips or flanges, a guidingrod supported by said arms or members, means for holding said arms or members stationary, and a guiding device mounted to slide upon said guiding-rod, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination with a guiding-rod and means for supporting the same, of a guiding device comprising a framework, a casing supported therein, guide-rollers mounted in said casing and engaging said rod, and a tubular sleeve arranged to rotate upon said casing, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with a guiding-rod and means for supporting the same, of a guiding device comprising a framework, a casing supported thereby and having a central chamber through which said rod is passed, guide-rollers mounted in said chamber and engaging said rod, and a tubular sleeve arranged to rotate upon said casing, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination 'with a guiding-rod and means for supporting the same, of a guiding device comprising a framework, a casing supported thereby and having a central chamber through which said rod is passed, said chamber being provided with longitudinal osets, guiding-rollers mounted in said offsets and engaging said rod, and a tubular sleeve arranged to rotate upon said casing, substana tially as set forth.

9. The combination with a guiding-rod and means for supporting the saine, of a guiding device comprising a framework, a hollow casing having peripheral longitudinal recesses, rods or bolts located in said recesses and engaging said framework, guide-rollers mounted within said casing and engaging said guid- ICO ing-rod, and a tubular sleeve arranged to rotate upon said casing, substantially as set forth.

10. The combination with a guiding-rod and means for supporting the same, of a guiding device comprising a frame, a hollow casing having means for engaging said guiding-rod, a tubular sleeve arranged to rotate upon said casing, and a pressing-roller located above said sleeve, substantially as set forth.

11. The combination with a guiding-rod and means for supporting the same, of a guiding device comprising a slotted frame, a hollow casing having means for engaging said guide ing-rod, a tubular sleeve arranged to rotate upon said casing, a yoke working in the slots of said frame, and a pressing-roll supported thereby, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination with a guidingrod and means for supporting the same, of a guiding device comprising a slotted frame, a hollow casing having means for engaging said guiding-rod, a tubular sleeve arranged to rotate upon said casing, 'a yoke working in the slots of said frame and having depending rightangular arms, friction-rollers mounted in said depending arms, and a pressing-roll also mounted in said depending arms, substantially as set forth.

13. The combination with a guidingarod and means for supporting the same, of a guiding device comprising a slotted frame, a hollow casing having means for engaging said guiding-rod, a tubular sleeve arranged to rotate upon said casing, a yoke working in the slots of said frame, a pressing-roll supported by said yoke, and means for holding said yoke normally elevated, substantially as set forth.

14. The combination with a guiding-rod and means for supporting the same, of a guiding device comprising a frame arranged to move upon said rod, a rotary sleeve, a pressureroll, and guiding-rollers arranged to guide the hose between said sleeve and said pressure-roll, substantially as set forth.

l5. The combinationl with a hoseguide and means for pivotally supporting the same, of a hose-engaging device comprising a slotted member connected to said hoseguide by a chain, a tongue also connected to said hoseguide by a chain and arranged to enter said slot, and a spring-catch carried by said member and arranged to engage said tongue, substantially as set forth.

16. The combination with a hose-guide and means for pivotally supporting the same, of a hose-engaging device comprising a slotted member connected to said hose-guide by a chain, a tongue also connected to said hose# guide by a chain and arranged to enter said slot, said tongue also having a slot provided with an enlarged portion, and a spring-catch having a toe arranged to engage the enlarged portion of the slot of said tongue, substantially as set forth.

17. The combination with a hose-guide and means for pivotally supporting the same, of a hose-engaging device comprising a slotted member connected to said hose-guide by a chain, said member having a hole or opening therein and a rear bowed portion, a tongue connected to said hoseguide by a second chain, said tongue also having a slot provided with an enlarged portion arranged to register with said aperture, anda springcatch having a toe arranged to engage the enlarged portion of the slot of said tongue, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib ing witnesses'.

JAMES A. BRITTON. Witnesses:

FoRREs'r E. WHrrsELL, WILLIAM J. FINK. 

